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January 21st, 2008

Downloadables: OpenProj

Project management can be a tough gig, but, with the right organizing tools, you can be quite productive.  OpenProj is one of those tools.
From the website:
OpenProj is a free, open source desktop alternative to Microsoft Project. OpenProj has been downloaded over 175,000 times in the first weeks since it was released and has quickly become […]

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January 19th, 2008

Video Demo: Use Excel to compute how you can be a millionaire

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January 12th, 2008

Video Demo: How to embed YouTube Videos in PowerPoint

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December 22nd, 2007

Video Demo: Make MS Office 2007 Documents Open in Earlier Software Versions

The annoying thing about MS Office 2007 is that it saves files in a completely different format from earlier versions of office programs such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc. So if you create a document at work on your MS Word 2007, you can’t open it properly at home on your MS Word 2003.
This […]

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December 15th, 2007

Video Demo: MS Excel Tips and Tricks

For the uninitiated, MS Excel is a pretty intimidating program. If it scares you, you probably settle for creating tables in Word. That solution has its uses, but sometimes, you will get more flexibility, control, and power via Excel. For those who are unfamiliar with it, here’s a brief introduction (more tips […]

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April 26th, 2007

Diana always seems to have the tips you need–read them!

 Diana Huggins who contributes to Lockgnome’s Windows Fanatics blog always seems to have those tips and how tos that people need.  Whether it’s watermarks in Word or new lines in Excel cells, Diana has posted them.
Sure, you might think they are simple, if you’ve already spent time trying to figure out how to do it […]

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March 14th, 2007

Finally a real tip to speed up Outlook 2007!

 One of the big problems folks have been having with Office 2007 is Outlook.  Frankly, it can be a serious dog.  Sluggish, serious performance lags.  All the things you don’t want in your “latest and greatest” e-mail client.  Looks like, thanks to Mack D. Male, there is a solution:
DELL has gotten back to me with […]

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February 20th, 2007

Mindsystems ThemeReader–An exciting new add-on for MindManager

 I got an e-mail from Tom Hodgers today.  Remember him?  Yeah he was one of our contest winners.  It sounds like Tom has been getting into MindMager and told me about a really cool new MM add-on called ThemeReader.  Here is how Mindsystems describes it:
Mindsystems ThemeReader™ is the latest edition to the MindManager® family of […]

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February 16th, 2007

Download needed to save as PDF or XPS in Office 2007

One of the anticipated features and Microsoft office 2007 is the ability to natively export files as PDF or XPS.  I was looking for this feature today when I needed to send off an invoice but couldn’t find it.  Luckily a quick search in help gave me the answer right away, I needed to download […]

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February 15th, 2007

Stuck creating a document? Try using a template

So you need to create a new document.  It doesn’t matter if you’re using Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint (or even OpenOffice), looking at a blank screen is almost as daunting as getting the document done.
Now, when you make this a complex task, like a form letter or invoice, you can waste a lot of […]

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